Osteocephalus planiceps

Osteocephalus planiceps is a frog. It lives in the places around the Amazon River.  This is in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Scientists think it might also live in Brazil.  People have seen this frog between 200 and 700 meters above sea level.

The adult male frog is 48.0–68.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 49.9–84.9 mm long.  It is brown, gray-brown, or yellow-brown in color.  It has dark brown stripes across its legs.  The iris of the eye is bronze in color with black marks.  Its bones are green in color.

This frog looks for food at night.  It lives in forests and open areas.

This frog's scientific name planiceps comes from the Latin words planus for "flat" and ceps for "head."

References

Category:Frogs of South America